In the year 1880
142 Notable deaths
Magnus Brostrup Landstad
Norwegian priest, hymnwriter (1802-1880).
Born October 7th, 1802 in Måsøy Municipality.
Died October 8th, 1880 at 78 years old in Christiania.
Marthe Camille Bachasson, Count of Montalivet
French politician (1801-1880).
Born April 25th, 1801 in Valence.
Died January 4th, 1880 at 78 years old in Château de Montalivet-Lagrange.
Thomas Mayo Brewer
American naturalist (1814-1880).
Born November 21st, 1814 in Boston.
Died January 24th, 1880 at 65 years old
Adolphe-Félix Cals
French painter (1810-1880).
Born October 17th, 1810 in Paris.
Died October 3rd, 1880 at 69 years old in Honfleur.
Emmanuel d'Alzon
Leading figure of the roman catholic church in france in the 19th century.
Born August 30th, 1810 in Le Vigan.
Died November 21st, 1880 at 70 years old in Nîmes.
David T. Ansted
English geologist and author (1814–1880).
Born February 5th, 1814 in London.
Died May 13th, 1880 at 66 years old in Melton.
Christian August Friedrich Peters
German astronomer (1806-1880).
Born September 7th, 1806 in Hamburg.
Died May 8th, 1880 at 73 years old in Kiel.
Ezequiel Uricoechea
Colombian philologist, humanist and scientist (1834–1880).
Born April 9th, 1834 in Bogotá.
Died July 28th, 1880 at 46 years old in Beirut.
Wilhelm Philippe Schimper
German-french botanist (1808-1880).
Born January 12th, 1808 in Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel.
Died March 20th, 1880 at 72 years old in Strasbourg.
Ludmilla Assing
German writer (1821–1880).
Born February 22nd, 1821 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1880 at 59 years old in Florence (meningitis). [ref]
Louis Félix Joseph Caignart de Saulcy
Archaeologist (1807–1880).
Born March 19th, 1807 in Lille.
Died November 4th, 1880 at 73 years old in Paris.
Christen Andreas Fonnesbech
Danish politician (1817-1880).
Born July 7th, 1817 in Copenhagen.
Died May 17th, 1880 at 62 years old in Copenhagen.
Albrecht Rodenbach
Poet, playwright and politician (1856–1880).
Born October 27th, 1856 in Roeselare.
Died June 23rd, 1880 at 23 years old in Roeselare (tuberculosis).
Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch
Spanish dramatist (1806–1880).
Born September 6th, 1806 in Madrid.
Died August 2nd, 1880 at 73 years old in Madrid.
Fridolin Anderwert
Swiss politician (1828-1880).
Born September 19th, 1828 in Frauenfeld.
Died December 25th, 1880 at 52 years old in Bern (gunshot wound).
Louis-Édouard-François-Desiré Pie
Catholic cardinal (1815-1880).
Born September 26th, 1815 in Pontgouin.
Died May 18th, 1880 at 64 years old in Angoulême.
Thomas Campbell Eyton
English naturalist and ornithologist (1809–1880).
Born September 10th, 1809 in Wellington.
Died October 25th, 1880 at 71 years old in Shropshire.
Alessandro Nini
Italian composer (1805–1880).
Born November 1st, 1805 in Fano.
Died December 27th, 1880 at 75 years old in Bergamo.
Nils Johan Andersson
Swedish botanist (1821-1880).
Born February 20th, 1821.
Died March 27th, 1880 at 59 years old in Adolf Fredriks parish.
Hermann Anschütz
German painter and professor (1802-1880).
Born October 12th, 1802 in Koblenz.
Died August 30th, 1880 at 77 years old in Munich.
José Malcampo, 3rd Marquis of San Rafael
Spanish diplomat and politician (1828-1880).
Born January 13th, 1828 in San Fernando.
Died May 23rd, 1880 at 52 years old in Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
Pavel Melnikov
Russian statesman, scientist and engineer (1804-1880).
Born August 3rd, 1804 in Moscow.
Died August 3rd, 1880 at 76 years old in Lyuban.
François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau
French explorer and entomologist (1802–1880).
Born December 25th, 1810 in London. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1880 at 69 years old in Melbourne.
Ricardo Balaca
Spanish painter (1844-1880).
Born December 31st, 1844 in Lisbon.
Died February 12th, 1880 at 35 years old in Aravaca.
Paul de Musset
French writer (1804–1880).
Born November 7th, 1804 in Paris, former 12th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died May 17th, 1880 at 75 years old in Paris, Rue Cambon (angina pectoris). [ref]
Deaths 101 to 125 of 142
It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo